Sports & Recreation

Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, Buffalo Braves basketball great Ernie DiGregorio and the legendary Buffalo Bills “Electric Company” have been added to an impressive lineup of new and futuristic vehicles that will be on display at the 2014 Buffalo Auto Show, coming to the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Feb. 6-9.

Presented by the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association, the Buffalo Auto Show is Western New York’s premier automotive event featuring the most current cars, trucks, convertibles and minivans available on today’s market.

A one-day Sports Card Expo featuring several former NFL and MLB greats will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Clarion Hotel, 8250 Park Road, Batavia.

Taking part in the event will be former Buffalo Bills Don Beebe, Scott Norwood and Lou Piccone, along with former Dallas Cowboys greats Danny White and Bill Bates. Former New York Mets and Yankees stars Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with former Baltimore Orioles manager Joe Altobelli, will also take part in the event. Autograph sessions will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

7th Annual Buffalo tournament features new location with refrigerated ice rinks over two days

BUFFALO, NY – Labatt Blue beer today announced details for the seventh annual Labatt Blue Buffalo Pond Hockey Tournament, which will shift to a new location for the first time since the tournament’s inception. The 2014 Tournament will move to 333 Ganson Street, where 120 teams will descend on refrigerated ice rinks for two full days of pond hockey play, Feb. 21-22, 2014. More than 800 pond hockey players will compete across 10 divisions with seven player rosters.

Erie County, NY- Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs wants to remind snowmobilers to register their sleds “locally” and avoid the registration rush by mailing in their snowmobile registrations using the signature green “Renew Local” envelope or doing so at any of the Erie County Auto Bureaus.

“Snow has already begun to fly and we do not want any snowmobiler to be delayed in being properly registered”, said Jacobs. “Winter in Erie County is more fun on a snowmobile and we want riders ready to enjoy the season.”

Members of a snowmobile club will save money on their registration, as the registration fee is only $45.00. Non-members will pay the full registration fee of $100. Snowmobilers are encouraged to contact the Erie County Federation of Snowmobile Clubs by visiting www.wnysnowtrails.com for information on joining local clubs.

Western New York's largest sports card and memorabilia show, featuring more than 100 tables of merchandise and guest appearances by Andre Reed, Mike Robitaille and Jim Lorentz, will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Hearthstone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew.